Laser rangefinders automate the cattle industry | Acuity laser ...
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<strong>Laser</strong> sensors measure cow hip height from overhead<br />
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<strong>Acuity</strong> <strong>laser</strong> <strong>rangefinders</strong> have been adopted in <strong>the</strong> <strong>cattle</strong> <strong>industry</strong>. As a means of<br />
automating <strong>the</strong> measurements of growing cows in feedyards, a major beef technologies<br />
company from Texas decided to use non-contact measurement principles.<br />
Historically, in determining how long to feed <strong>the</strong> <strong>cattle</strong> and when to market <strong>the</strong>m, <strong>the</strong> feedyard manager subjectively evaluated an entire pen of<br />
<strong>cattle</strong> at a time. When a group or “lot” of <strong>cattle</strong> first arrived at <strong>the</strong> feedyard, <strong>the</strong> manager went out to <strong>the</strong>ir pen and looked at or “eyeballed” those<br />
<strong>cattle</strong> and made a guess at how long he should feed <strong>the</strong>m. Today, using <strong>the</strong> AR4000-LV <strong>laser</strong> rangefinder, <strong>the</strong> feedmanager can collect metrics for<br />
each cow by measuring "hip height", a major indicator for <strong>the</strong> size of <strong>the</strong> cow.<br />
The engineers position <strong>the</strong> AR4000-LV <strong>laser</strong> rangefinder from <strong>the</strong> ceiling<br />
supports and aim <strong>the</strong> <strong>laser</strong> spot down to <strong>the</strong> floor. The sensor is "zeroed"<br />
and when a cow passes underneath <strong>the</strong> <strong>laser</strong> sensor, <strong>the</strong> system<br />
captures <strong>the</strong> distance to <strong>the</strong> top of <strong>the</strong> cow's back (hip heigth).<br />
<strong>Laser</strong> sensors measure <strong>the</strong> height of livestock<br />
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